Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography

The enthusiastic response to the Dictionary has prompted this second substantially enlarged, revised and updated edition. It now contains essential details of the lives of over 2000 women from all periods, cultures and walks of life - from queens to cooks, engineers to entertainers, pilots to poisoners. The new entries include women who have hit the headlines in the past five years - from Cory Aquino to Madonna - but the historical coverage has also been broadened in response to new research and a special new feature is the extended treatment of women from Third World countries. With subsections for further reading, comprehensive subject index and bibliographical survey, the Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography is an invaluable reference source - and a fascinating bed-time read.

List of contents

List of Illustrations - Foreword to First Edition - Acknowledgements to First Edition - Note on Second Edition - Acknowledgements for Second Edition - Additional Reference Sources - A Note on Presentation - The Dictionary - Subject Index

Summary

The new entries include women who have hit the headlines in the past five years - from Cory Aquino to Madonna - but the historical coverage has also been broadened in response to new research and a special new feature is the extended treatment of women from Third World countries.

Product details

• Assisted by: Frances Hinton (Editor), Jennife Uglow (Editor), Jennifer Uglow (Editor), Jenny Uglow (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1991
• EAN: 9780333565568
• ISBN: 978-0-333-56556-8
• No. of pages: 621
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 34 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 973 g
• Illustrations: XIX, 621 p.
• Series: DICTIONARY; Dictionary Series; Dictionary Series; Dictionary
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories